The practice of purposely obscuring license plates is nothing new, but a vehicle recently impounded by Philadelphia police looks like something out of a British spy novel. READ MORE: 6abc.com/fake-license-plate-r...
The Chief of Police stated that the "cameras are expanding and they are not going away" fair enough. I would say that obscuring license plates are also expanding not going away.
Fix all the potholes, stop using public funds for failure charter schools, increase children play areas, so they have something constructive to do, that lowers the crime rate, and stop putting up the money grabbing red light cameras. The c.o. makes most of the money, and give the city citizens scraps. Plus they are using public power grids for their scam!
Most red light cameras are run by a third party for profit company. The police department in that jurisdiction only gets a small percentage of the money collected. Complete rip-off.
They took them out of our area about five years ago. I’m glad they did. Nothing to do a safety. If they want a cop to sit there I’m fine with it. Otherwise big Brother is watching you.
Or they will play music in the background hoping RU-vid will censor the video. I want something that will switch my license plate to a picture of Taylor Swift every time a cop tailgates me.
The issue no one talk a out is while red light camera manufacturing company lobbying politics to sell their equipment to make money and while only way city know how to make money is to issue citations. I don't against red light camera but where I used to live, east coast , there is no warning signs of camera ahead and the yellow light are stay yellow for one second and turned to red. Unlike some other state , they has warning signs of red light camera and yellow lights are stay yellow for a least 3 seconds.
I am on my local police commission and we just last night approved the purchase of body cams. Yes, the officers do have established disciplinary protocols for failing to turn on or off their cameras as they are required. Probably not fines but could lead to suspensions/firings which are worse for them. Whether these disciplinary actions are actually used is the question.
They're going to be worried about the number of growing patriots/anti-terrorist/anti-authoritarians coming to put an end against manufactured and unconstitutional "witnesses" and corrupt city unofficials making money blatantly illegally. When their manufactured "witnesses" start getting destroyed, you'll know very quick which terrorist organizations are making money off of you.
If they really cared about officer safety they would stop pulling people over for stupid stuff. Every stop is a risk and that guy that only blinked 50ft from the intersection instead of 100ft shouldn't be getting pulled over.
@@lukesutton4135 You mean like the "patriots" who committed treason on Jan 6 by attacking America's government so they could install a dictator who sais in advance that any election he doesn't win must be fraudulent?? Lock them all up!
The two go hand in hand. People who choose to commit crimes increase revenue sources, which increases officer jobs and investment, which increases demands for safety, which increases demand for revenue. No crime = no revenue.
Steal? How about not run the red light? I mean it increases risk of an accident if people do not follow the rules. A camera fine is a perfectly appropriate measure to stop breaking the law. What is more wasteful is have an officer at each intersection.
@@darklen14 Can’t wait till the day I can repeat your words when you’re in the middle of a busy intersection behind an array of cars and the yellow light turns red
So if police were stationed at a corner looking for red light runners, would that be OK or would you fight that too asking for photographic proof that you ran the light?
@@bobroberts2371 no, we have motorcycle cops here in Colorado springs and they are cool. Wouldn't give them any grief. My problem is a camera. It's not right, fair, or safe.
The companies providing those stupid cameras are profiting from the tickets. They are purely a profit machine and a horrible excuse for law enforcement. In Texas we voted out the stupid cameras. Police need to enforce laws an not some camera.
I don't consider that cheating. Many places have shortened up the yellow light by a second to increase the number of violations. Money grab, pure and simple.
It's all fun until the person hiding their plate kills an innocent bystander going 120. Then you'll be here saying RIP and wishing condolences. No one hides their plate unless they're doing something illegal like donuts in the middle of an intersection and illegal street racing, considering the car they showed is a Dodge Charger... You want to have fun. Cool, take it to the track and do as many donuts as you want. IDK why being a law abiding human is so hard for you guys.
@@tylerbenton4495 I live in California and they had a lot of red light cameras for quite some time. You mentioned people doing donuts in the middle of the street. These red light cameras DON’T stop that AT ALL! My 84 year old grandpa got a ticket making a right hand turn at a red light which is legal, he had to spend months fighting it and contesting it down to the amount of time he paused at the light for before making his turn. Everyone makes an “oops” mistake every now and again. My Mom got a red light ticket it set her back almost $400 when she was super broke and raising us as kids. She looked away just for a second and looked back up and the light was yellow, either you stop quickly or go quickly. She made it through the intersection no “close calls” the camera snapped her picture just entering into the intersection. She made a decision that resulted in a safe outcome, if she slammed on her brakes she could have been hit from behind with 3 kids in the car. So in my opinion red light cameras just cause a lot of grief for people who aren’t out intentionally breaking the law or doing donuts in the intersection. They are there and catch the typically law abiding citizen at the worst of times and causes them to lose time and money and set them back further in life. If you get a red light ticket on top of paying for the ticket if you go to traffic school you have to lose time from work and hire a baby sitter etc, if you don’t go to traffic school your insurance goes through the roof. All because of one small mis step that still resulted in a safe outcome. This does NOTHING to curb people from blatantly and flagrantly breaking the law absolutely nothing. A few months after my Mom got penalized, an illegal rear ended her car and caused the trunk to be stuck open, the guy had no insurance, no license and no registration. The cops let the guy leave WITH his car, no impound. So the criminals get away who by their actions stole from my Mom because she couldn’t afford full coverage insurance while my Mom get beat up for entering an intersection while the light was just turning red and ended in a safe outcome or my Grandpa made a right turn and had to split hairs in court to fight the ticket. The people representing the red light camera get paid to be there while the citizen fighting it gets let off the hook for a fraudulent ticket in the first place.
I have a friend with a pickup truck in a city with red light cameras. He said it has gotten out of control. He leaves his tail gate down all the time and has some wood sticking out the back. That way, cameras can never get the tag and he has a reason to have the tailgate down :)
@@markmaz56 Those cameras are money makers for the city. If you are doing 40 and it the light turns yellow 20ft before passing the line, it snaps a picture. You cannot possibly stop at such a short distance.
@@michaelh7527 Nor will you get a ticket for running a red light in the scenario you posed, because you are entering the intersection on yellow and not red. Yes, the cameras end up making money for the city but their main purpose is to cut down on red light runners. 22 percent of all traffic accidents in the United States are caused by drivers running red lights. Every year, these accidents kill some 800 people and rack up an estimated $7 billion dollars in property damage, medical bills, lost productivity and insurance hikes. And this sort of traffic violation seems to be on the rise. In many areas, red-light violations have increased by 10 percent or more since the 1980s. To curb this trend, more and more cities are installing red-light cameras.
It is still an illegal search to id someone who did not commit a crime (a crime involves a victim). They are indeed revenue generators. When they rolled out these cameras, they never improved nor updated the laws regarding license plates, therefore forcing people to id in order to enjoy their right to travel. You wouldn't wear your drivers' license on your shirt like a nametag, would you? So why would you help the police in their investigation against you? You have a 5th amendment right not to do so. These cameras violate your 4th & 5th amendment rights. If police are gonna use technology to do their jobs for them, then their pay needs to go down.
Can also put a hinge on the bottom of the plate and a magnet and trunk popper up top. Hit the popper and the plate falls flat, pull the return cable and it pops back up and sticks to the magnet. Much more stealth than this thing which takes an eternity to flip the plate. I'm talking in purely conceptual terms. I don't condone illegal activity nor do I condone red light cameras which are inaccurate and violate due process.
You get pulled over when a cop runs your plate from behind you....it bounces back blank on the plate reader and u get pulled over....samething with those ticket blocker plate sprays off eBay and Amazon for like $60 a can
@@LongIslandP8ntball He’s talking about still using a legitimate plate but one that obscures the visibility of cameras. And what are the chances a cop will randomly run your plates? Unless you get pulled over for something else
Then when someone kidnaps someone kid then witnesses have no way of getting the license plate. Instead of doing the wrong thing you should just follow the rules. In the hands of criminals bad things will happen so it needs to stop or you were only thinking about yourself.
@@bobroberts2371 Here ya go, straight from the Dictionary: due proc·ess /d(y)o͞o prəˈses/ noun fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement. So as you can see, it's a violation of said due process.
This is where I support graffiti, teenagers can spray the cameras. Trust me they can climb it. It would be cool if there were a group of kids doing it, and people can cash app them.
It's really sad that people go to such great lengths to cheat and break the law. Perfect example of people using public property, in this case highways/bridges etc, and not wanting to pay for it. How do you expect to build and maintain these vital infrastructures? Do you think "the courts" pocket the $$$? Staying on topic, tolls are 'user fees'. If you don't want to pay for them, use an alternate route.
@@alan.macrae They're talking about citation cameras, not toll roads. And, if you look back at the financial history of most toll roads, those tolls remain in place for years after the road is paid for, bringing in 2 or 3x the amount the road cost to put in and maintain. And now there are 'pay to pass' lanes choking traffic in cities by implementing toll lanes and restricting normal traffic to fewer lanes. THOSE kind of lanes I happily flip my tag to use... or just turn on my emergency strobes.
I was a police officer for 10 years…it’s about money. With accidents, if running a red light is the cause, that person is just not paying attention. Hence…not a deterrent / ineffective. If they are paying attention, it’s likely they look and proceed with no accident. The cameras don’t make enough of a difference to extort people you don’t even know were in the car.
Here in Murrieta, Ca, there was a red light camera at one of the intersection, man, people gathered signatures in the thousands and the city are forced to take out the cameras within two month. Now, not one red light camera anywhere in the city.
1:52 You all better take heed to Joseph Stalin JR! He has totall control! *"CAMERAS ARE NEVER GOING AWAY!" Y'ALL BETTER RISE UP AND PROTEST THE RIGHT WAY!🤦🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️*
They already do run every plate. Patrol cars have plate readers in them, as they drive down the street it reads the plate of every car they pass,driving or parked.
I’ve heard that there is a spray that you can put on the plate that’s undetectable to the naked eye but it causes the plate to reflect if a bright light is shined on it. Apparently the flash from the cameras causes this and you can’t read it on the picture so you don’t get the ticket. I’ve also heard of people putting saran wrap around their license plate.
Maybe try finding solutions to real problems like shootings and drugs throughout the city. "Puts officers lives at risk", how about drug trafficking and gang violence putting civilians at risk??
When the red light camera thing started maybe 8 years ago, i just keep my tag inside the truck. Got pulled over twice in 8 years. Showed them a valid tag and they say have a nice day. I tell them tags keep getting stolen on my street. Ran hundreds of red light camera intersections. Never once got a ticket lol
They are a number of different people out here giving their own comments also Captain Ryan needs to go back to school he don't know what he's talking about
Someone who is gonna do a robbery will usually steal a car, not invest in license plate covers. Its like pistol permits, they serve no purpose in stopping criminals
You can't blame the people for blocking the license plate. There is just too many cameras out there and is not fair to the people. I got one of those. I usually use it at night time.
Sorry but you're grossly misinformed. The 5th amendment does cover "right to travel" it does not cover lack of a driver's license or vehicle registration. No one is stopping you from walking anywhere (which is travel). Just trying to save you some $
@@grift01 What supreme court ? State or fed? Please quote the actual case number. If you have the right to travel by the conveyance of the day, does that include airplanes?
Where can I buy a license plate hider in NYC. I looked on Amazon but there doesn't seem to be a reliable product. Also is it legal to hide your license plate from traffic cameras in NYC?
I actually feel I’m living in an occupied land mass at times. When did my property become polices business. We don’t need all this authority projected on us
This kind of stuff is pretty easy and I'd say semi common with street bikes. But it's also common to be lit up more often for a "non visible license plate".
